ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,514, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to NTT DOCOMO Inc. (Tokyo).

"Terminal and communication method" was invented by Hideaki Takahashi (Tokyo) and Tianyang Min (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal includes a receiver configured to receive first system information from a base station; and a controller configured to acquire, from the first system information, a first list, a second list, and a third list for scheduling second system information other than the first system information, and to determine a start position of a window for acquiring the second system information, based on the first list, the second list, and the th...